Had a great beef brisket sandwich and home cut french fries at Pig BBQ Joint at the Westshore Mall. Lots of motorcycle parking http://pigbbqjoint.com/, well worth it. Good selection of refreshments on tap.

I've been missing your regular updates to this thread. Nice to see you're still at it. I've been meaning to branch out more during my visits to Victoria, but my Son and I keep heading to our old favourite:

It's hard to believe that downtown Victoria is fairly quiet these days, but this restaurant is generally packed on all days for lunch and dinner. We generally head down for a visit to Munro's book store and MEC, before stopping for an extendo lunch at this place. Then it's back to the Cowichan Valley in under an hour - ah you can't beat living on the south Island.

I've been missing your regular updates to this thread. Nice to see you're still at it. I've been meaning to branch out more during my visits to Victoria, but my Son and I keep heading to our old favourite:

It's hard to believe that downtown Victoria is fairly quiet these days, but this restaurant is generally packed on all days for lunch and dinner. We generally head down for a visit to Munro's book store and MEC, before stopping for an extendo lunch at this place. Then it's back to the Cowichan Valley in under an hour - ah you can't beat living on the south Island.

Pagliaccis is always busy. A good time for dinner is around, 5:15, no line ups yet.

A couple of weeks ago I did manage to finally try Legendz Diner in Golden. Was not on motorcycle. Food was just ok, staff and diner really friendly, lots of locals hanging out. Golden Grizzly across the street had not opened yet, that is usually a favourite.

I'll have to try that one out. Cowichan Bay is quite the picturesque little strip with kind of an old fishing village feel to it - I love riding through there when I do my rounds of the south Cowichan area. Ever gone to the Rock Cod Café? I've heard some good reports from neighbours around here.

We had lunch there in January, 'cause the lunch counter at the cheese place was closed. The Rock Cod Café has a no frills tourist trap atmosphere, but the food was excellent, and the folks seemed genuinely interested in making sure we enjoyed it. Would recommend.